• A_A@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Clickbait debunking :
    1st : it’s a mechanism / not a computer,
    2nd : it has nothing to do with gravitational waves but rather with some mathematic that was use to study those waves, and
    3rd : there is no mystery, just clickbait as usual.

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      3 days ago

      it’s a mechanism / not a computer,

      It’s an analog clockwork computer.

      there is no mystery, just clickbait as usual.

      There’s plenty of mysteries about it, hence why it’s still a topic of study despite being discovered 120 years ago.

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    4 days ago

    Surprisingly, the inspiration for the paper came from a YouTuber who has been attempting to physically recreate the ancient mechanism.

    I was just re-watching clickspring’s videos about this yesterday.